Protocol (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781635112429)

"A page-turner Smart, fast-paced and surprising." - Hank Phillippi Ryan, Mary Higgins Clark Award-Winner, Author of Say No More

Freshly minted college graduate Maggie O'Malley embarks on a career fueled by professional ambition and a desire to escape the past. As a pharmaceutical researcher, she's determined to save lives from the shelter of her lab. But on her very first day she's pulled into a world of uncertainty. Reminders appear on her phone for meetings she's never scheduled with people she's never met. People who end up dead.

With help from her best friend, Maggie discovers the victims on her phone are connected to each other and her new employer. She soon unearths a treacherous plot that threatens her mission--and her life. Maggie must unlock deadly secrets to stop horrific abuses of power before death comes calling for her.

"Medicine and murder come together in Kathleen Valenti's page-turning debut, Protocol, a twisty and breathless exploration of big Pharma and the drugs that can both save...and kill. This one will have you up all night following Maggie O'Malley on her search for the truth. A new heroine in an age of technology and 'miracle drugs, ' I can't want to see what Maggie has up her sleeve next. If you like a book with smarts, a heart, and flesh-and-blood characters, don't miss Protocol. This one is a winner " - Maggie Barbieri, Author of the Murder 101 Series

"Gutsy and loyal, Maggie O'Malley finds herself plunged into the corrupt and chilling world of big pharmaceuticals where trusting the wrong person could prove as deadly as an experimental drug side effect. With a page-turner debut like Protocol, I can't wait to see what Valenti cooks up for us next " - Annette Dashofy, USA Today Bestselling author of the Zoe Chambers Mysteries

"An exciting start to a new mystery series, Protocol offers up a fast-paced, suspenseful plot starring complex characters with great heart. Powerful, tense, and satisfying. Valenti grabs you from page one and never lets go." - Wendy Tyson, Author of Bitter Harvest

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Books in the Maggie O'Malley Mystery Series:

PROTOCOL (#1)

Part of the Henery Press Mystery Series Collection, if you like one, you'll probably like them all.

Author Bio:

When Kathleen Valenti isn't writing page-turning mysteries that combine humor and suspense, she works as a nationally award-winning advertising copywriter. Protocol is her debut novel and the first of the Maggie O'Malley mystery series. Kathleen lives in Oregon with her family where she pretends to enjoy running.